Technical Specifications

Help & Advice

How to guides

Water is an essential element of any successful and healthy garden, though it isn't an infinite resource. And as such, we all try and do our best to conserve water and only use what we need. This can be tricky when caring for your outdoor plants in hot weather, especially when temporary use bans (aka hosepipe bans) are introduced.

That's where we can help. We’ll talk you through our top ways to use water as efficiently as possible in your garden. From recycling leftover water from your domestic chores to collecting and harvesting rainwater, we'll show you how to make sure none is wasted.

For more advice on caring for your garden during a hot spell, check out our helpful how to article.

Buying guides

Ensuring that your plants have sufficient access to water without being drowned or spoiled is something you'll need to stay on top of at all times, as the weather conditions and the needs of your garden will be shifting and changing regularly. There are a huge variety of irrigation tools available to assist with this, in this guide we'll help you to decide which ones you can use to help your garden reach its full potential.

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sgibbo from
Just the Job!We bought two of f these for the garden and are really pleased with them. Everything was included to get them up and running and they were straightforward to install.

Date published: 2017-09-26

Rated 5 out of
5 by
BrookviewBoy from
Great value for moneyI bought one Water Butt & Stand a month ago and decided to purchase a second one, as it represented such good value. Whilst more costly than many other examples, it looks good and is great value - Highly Recommended

Date published: 2017-09-26

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Glovebox56 from
It's a waterbuttI bought 2 of these to collect the rain from my new log cabin, with all the rain we've had recently they were both full up in a couple off days. They were easy to install, but I forgot to clip the lid on one properly, and it ended up in my neighbours garden.
Definately worth the extra money

Date published: 2017-08-07

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Laura97 from
Expensive but worth itGreat water butt if you've got it out in the open, I went for this one as I've only got a small garden and didn't want a big green ugly one staring you in the face. However apart from the looks it just works like any other water butt, you're just paying for the look of it.

Date published: 2017-07-08

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Carol H South Wales from
Great size water buttWanted something that didn't look conspicuous - this is great as it doesn't show the dirt and although holds 220 litres very sleek looking

Date published: 2017-06-13

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mr Spock from
Useful InformationI am very pleased with it so far and here is some useful information: -
Actual measured height from the ground to the top: 132cm - 52 inches
Actual measured diameter: 51cm - 20 inches
Height of tap nozzle from the ground: 37cm - 14.5 inches.
All the above measurements include the stand.
The washer supplied with the tap is very soft. Don't do what I did and put Vaseline on the thread to make it easier to screw in or to seal. It will get onto to washer and cause it to splay outwards, with very little force, and ruin the seal. I ended up cleaning if off and swapping the washer with the one supplied with the inlet hose connection. So far there have been no leaks. Be very careful not to screw the tap in cross-threaded, as the start of the thread is not immediately obvious.
Good Luck,
Alan.

Date published: 2016-07-02

Rated 5 out of
5 by
JDH13 from
Good productLooks good and does the job. Easy to connect and use

Date published: 2016-06-22

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Oldgitupnorth from
PrefeckIt blends in so well as though it was destined to be in the corner of our croft. Absolutely filipping brilliant.
Sthen